Newsletter 103 PDF - 2-column format - expanded ... - Uncle Hugo's

stop by and buy some.Over a year ago the KFCfranchisee for the Twin Cities wentbankrupt, and almost a year agoPopeye’s bought 14 former KFClocations to turn into Popeye’s FriedChicken outlets. We’ve been hearing formany months that all of the former KFClocations would be remodeled andreopened by the end of July, but there’sbeen little activity around the KFClocation near Uncle Hugo’s. Finally,around the middle of July a lockedstorage container about the size of asemi trailer was dropped in the parkinglot near the back door of the building.The dentist located between the Unclesand the former KFC has been watchingthe site very carefully. He said that theonly action he’s seen on the site in thelast couple of months was somebodywith a weed whip. He asked the guywhen the Popeye’s would be open, andthe guy claimed it would be open with 5weeks. That was 4 weeks ago, and stillnothing is happening on the site. Ourlong fried chicken famine continues.As usual lots of stuff had to becut from the paper newsletter, but thefull version is available on the website.Short RecommendationsBy Don BlylyKate Elliott’s excellentSpiritwalker Trilogy is an alternatehistory fantasy that throws in almosteverything but the kitchen sink, but stillmanages to work very well. The Romansfailed to defeat Carthage, leaving thePhoenicians in control of the seas and aweaker Roman Empire on land. About1000 years before the story begins (inthe 1800s, dated from Augustus comingto power in Rome), the Roman Empirepretty much collapsed, but not beforehaving a heavy impact on the cultures ofwestern Europe. About 400 years beforethe story begins, the Persians conqueredNorthern Africa, causing many of thePhoenicians to flee to Europe and formalliances with the Celtic princes. About100 years later, an outbreak of ghoulssouth of the Sahara destroyed the westAfrican empire of Mali, with many ofthe Mali elite hiring Phoenician ships totake them, their gold, and their magic toEurope, where they married into thefamilies of the Celtic princes. Some ofthe Mali hired Phoenicians to take themVoices, and Octavia E. Butler (PBO; Nonfiction; the ground-breaking writer'swork is examined in this anthology of scholarly essays, reminiscences and personal essays,poems, correspondence, photographs, and interviews).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00Campbell, J (Hemry, J) The Last Full Measure (Mid-1800s: In an America dominated by plantation ownersand kept in line by Southern military forces, Professor Joshua Chamberlain becomes partof a daring plan to foment revolution. 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